Countries
India
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Marathi
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5249
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1614
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3635
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskar
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Chike
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Maf kor
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Adeus
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Antruz
Badaga
Where They Speak
Goa
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Urali
Where They Speak
-
kerala
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Kurumba
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
7.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
120
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
8.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
konkani
kannada
German Name
Konkani
Kannada
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Kannadiga
Origin
1209 A.D.
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Kokani
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kok
kan
ISO 639 2/B
kok
kan
ISO 639 3
kok
kan
ISO 639 6
kok
kan
Glottocode
goan1235
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-